What do a rabbi, Hank Williams Jr. and the NFL’s Rashard Mendenhall have in common? They all said some horrendously stupid things in 2011, according to The Daily Caller’s Jamie Weinstein.
His compilation of the 10 dumbest quotes of 2011 is entertaining, though it’s sometimes quirky due to Weinstein’s conservative ideology. (His choice for No. 1 falls flat.)
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Here’s a little taste of what he has to offer:
“Coming in at number 10 is Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who said this while campaigning in Waterloo, Iowa: ‘Well what I want them to know is just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, that’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.’ Actor John Wayne was not, in fact, from Waterloo, Iowa. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was. An inconsequential and totally innocuous faux pas to be sure, but one that is truly and genuinely funny.”
“….6 goes to Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, whose ludicrous column in The Jewish Week on Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (who wears his Christianity on his cheeks) included this crazed raving: ‘If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants.’ To Hammerman’s credit, he later recognized the utter asininity of his piece and apologized to readers and to Tebow for it.”
“… At 4 we have MSNBC contributor Meghan McCain, who makes Ed Schultz look like MSNBC’s resident genius by comparison. Comparing Sarah Palin and Bachmann, McCain said this: “I think she (Bachmann) is — this is going to get me in trouble — but I actually I think she’s just more smarter.”Oh dear.
“… At 2, we have Glenn Beck, who suggested that if you oppose President Obama and support Newt Gingrich, you’re a racist. ‘You read this guy’s (Gingrich’s) record … this man is a progressive. … So if you’ve got a big government progressive (in Gingrich) or a big government progressive in Obama, one in Newt Gingrich, one in Obama, ask yourself this tea party: Is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears to be to me. If you’re against him but you’re for this guy, it must be about race.” What a brilliant mind.
To read the entire list, click here.
